APHIS Eases Restrictions on Mexico & Peru Avocados, Interstate Trade
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a final rule, effective July 22, 2011, which amends its regulations to relieve certain restrictions regarding the movement of fresh Hass variety avocados. Specifically, APHIS is amending its foreign quarantine regulations to remove trapping requirements for Mediterranean fruit fly for Hass avocados imported from the State of Michoacán, Mexico, requirements for treatment or origin from an area free of Mediterranean fruit fly for Hass avocados imported from Peru, and requirements for trapping or origin from an area free of South American fruit fly for Hass avocados imported from Peru.
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APHIS is also amending its domestic regulations to provide for the interstate movement of Hass avocados from Mediterranean fruit fly quarantined areas in the U.S. with a certificate if the fruit is safeguarded after harvest in accordance with specific measures.